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The municipality of Taipalsaari, which is planning the Kutila canal project, is waiting to see if it needs to supplement or make additional clarifications in its water permit application. The project has progressed in many respects during the rest of the year.

The municipality of Taipalsaari, which is planning the Kutila canal project, has completed almost all the land deals for the canal.

Long-term lease agreements have been made with all landowners at the Käkeläntaipale flow opening. The municipality therefore has the right to use the land areas regarding the Käkeläntaipale flow opening.

Negotiations are still ongoing with the owner of the land located on the south shore of Umianlammi.

The municipality of Taipalsaari has made a preliminary agreement with five land owners regarding the distribution of land masses.

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Almost all land deals and lease agreements have been concluded – the planning of the Kutila canal project accelerated when the financing became strongerRead More »

Depending on the place, the shepherd takes care of either sheep, cows or horses.

The application for Metsähallitus shepherd weeks starts again on January 23. In 2023, there will be a total of 15 shepherding destinations in different parts of Finland. Depending on the location, shepherding weeks are organized from the end of May to September.

The task of the shepherds is to ensure that the animals grazing in the shepherd’s area have water. The shepherds also count the animals daily, monitor the general condition of the animals and move them from one pasture block to another. Depending on the destination, sheep, cows or horses are herded.

The destinations in Lapland, i.e. the Kaapin Jouni farm in the Lemmenjoki National Park and the Välimaa Sámi farm located on Utsjoki, have been the most popular search destinations.

Next summer’s new destination is the Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church in Inari, for which we are looking for volunteer caretakers to take care of the area and animals and to guide hikers. Unlike other destinations, the volunteer week at Pielpajärvi is free of charge.

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The shepherd’s week search is coming again – next summer’s new destination is the Pielpajärvi wilderness church in InariRead More »

Almost 300 cottagers have been involved in cooperation with the Hunters’ Association. The small beasts tax populations of waterfowl, among other things.

In recent years, Finland’s Metsästäjäliitto has encouraged cottagers to tackle the problem of alien species and attract small game. The raccoon and the mink tax, among other things, populations of waterfowl.

In a project financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the regional districts of the Metsästäjäliitto have received, if necessary, loan traps and guidance on how to use the traps. In addition, the cottager can ask a local hunter for help in identifying and ethically killing the caught beast.

During the project’s 1.5-year operation period, 352 minks and exactly 400 raccoons have been caught in all ten southernmost districts. 299 cottagers have participated in the cooperation.

Loukutus’ pilot locations in South Ostrobothnia have been Alavus, Ähtäri and Peräseinäjoki.

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The supikoi and mink trapping project has commendably activated the cottagers in South OstrobothniaRead More »

The goal of the Helmi project is to protect more than 70 valuable water bodies for birds from foreign predators.

On the coasts of Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia, raccoons and minks have been hunted since autumn. Hunting is part of the Helmi non-native predator project managed by Metsähallitus and Riistakeskus, which aims to remove non-native predators harmful to birds from more than 70 bird waters.

Alien beasts are one of the reasons for the poor waterfowl yield and also for the reduced nesting success of other birds.

Minks and raccoons have been caught with traps and irons in Maalahti’s Petolahti, Mustasaari’s Vassorfjärden, Uudessakaarlepyy, Kruunupy’s Hällörsfjärden, Kokkola’s Rummelö-Harrbåda, Laajalahti, Marinkaisten and Karhi beach areas, Maakannuskarin-Viirretjokisuu and Kalajoki beach areas.

By the end of October, more than 150 raccoons and more than 50 minks had been caught in the coastal Ostrobothnia region.

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The intensive fishing of foreign beasts was very successful on the coast of Ostrobothnia, but there is still a lot of work to do – Thomas Hagström: \”It’s not worth staring at the amount of catch, but how much is left in the wild\”Read More »

There are a total of twenty dog \u200b\u200bforests in Finland, two of which are located in Central Finland.

Rentable dog forests are becoming more common as an alternative to urban dog parks.

Dog forests are fenced forest areas that customers can reserve for their private use for keeping dogs free.

There are already two private dog forests in Central Finland. Half a hectare dog forest in Muurame and Rallatus in Jyväskylä’s Leppälahti.

– I had a German shepherd who was afraid of strange dogs. At that time, I was hoping for a place where I could let the dog free without worry, says Halonen.

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In the dog forests, even less furry paws can run free – for private use Reservable forests are growing in popularityRead More »

The recent Megatrends 2023 report lists five key directions of change. At the center of everything is the crumbling of nature’s carrying capacity, which also affects other megatrends.

Looking to the future, Sitra declared in its megatrend analysis three years ago that we are moving into a post-normal time of surprises. And they were also obtained when Corona surprised the whole world and Russia was already booming then.

Now Sitra publishes its latest megatrends 2023 report.

According to Vataja, megatrends describe changes that have already happened and are ongoing. They don’t have to be inevitable developments.

– In this moment, it is important to identify ways to influence the future in such a way that it would be as desired.

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Nature’s carrying capacity is crumbling and the foundation of the economy is cracking – these five megatrends describe the times to comeRead More »

Valtteri Salonen is a young bird enthusiast who became the chairman of the bird association. He wants to get people to act for biodiversity.

The virus causes Newcastle disease in poultry, which is a serious animal disease. In humans, the virus can cause conjunctivitis.

In December, four dead domestic pigeons, or pulu, were found in the center of Tampere, which were found to have a highly contagious bird virus, the Food Agency informs.

In the same area, several dead pulu have been observed during the end of December. Observations of sick pulu have also been reported to the official veterinarians of the area.

The virus causes Newcastle disease in poultry, which is a serious animal disease. Its symptoms include inability to fly, apathy and nervous symptoms, as well as bird deaths.

The virus found in the piles sent for research has been a highly disease-causing type of virus. The same virus has been found in December in pulu also in Lempäälä.

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In Tampere, a highly contagious bird virus was detected in the flocks – the virus is not dangerous for humansRead More »

A large wind farm is planned for the open sea off Pietarsaari and Kokkola.

The EIA statements of the planned Laine wind farm in front of Pietarsaari and Kokkola draw attention to numerous concerns, for example water quality and underwater nature and winter shipping.

Wind power company OX2 plans to build a maximum of 150 power plants in the sea about 30 kilometers away from Pietarsaari. There are also plans for hydrogen production.

There are several route options for bringing electricity to the mainland via cables and connecting it to Fingrid’s main grid. The lines would therefore possibly be drawn to the areas of Pietarsaari, Uudenkaarlepy, Pedersör, Kruunupy and Kokkola or only some of them.

Hydrogen would be brought to the mainland either through the port of Pietarsaari or Uudenkaarlepyi via Kanäs.

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Merituulipuisto Laine’s environmental protection statements emphasize water quality, nature and winter shippingRead More »

Nature management works were carried out in places where endangered plant species and other ridge vegetation grow and in their vicinity.

In Hämeenlinna, the valuable roasting environments of ridge forests have been improved with nature conservation works. Work has been done on the ridge section on the west side of the city, which is an important area for biodiversity.

The plant and animal species and biological communities living in roasting environments are very distinctive and specialized, and cannot be found anywhere else.

Typical roasting species are, for example, ragwort, eastern bowhead and cat’s paw. In Hämeenlinna, however, the goal is to improve the living conditions of especially endangered roosting species such as Hämeenkylmänkänku and kankelto. Their occurrences have decreased, among other things, as a result of the overgrowth of ridges.

The city continues the renovations of important roasting habitats and monitors the effects of nature conservation works on endangered vegetation. According to Väisänen, the recovery of plant species is monitored using plant boxes.

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Environments of plant species accustomed to the scorching sun are cared for in HämeenlinnaRead More »